Hi, I entirely agree with George on the issue. We start reacting if we don't benefit from the event and start bashing the organizers which eventually may discourage them in the long run. The scenario is challenging where fewer opportunities exist in both govt and private sectors while the number of people is multi-fold. Any such effort must be supported and encouraged. Lets start focusing on improving our skills that make us more competitive and sell-able !
Therefore, the best would be to provide your constructive feedback to the organizers who can then try to restrict the numbers or devise ways of prior screening depending on the kind of qualification desired or may be spell out the minimum qualifications & experience etc so that the fairs do not become a crowded Mela where a matriculate and a post graduate queuing up for the jobs not knowing what posts are being filled up in the fair. -- Warm regards, Subhash Chandra Vashishth Mobile: +91 (11) 9811125521 Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. Consider environment! On 14 December 2010 12:54, George Abraham <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friends, > > I do know that employment is a major concern for all of us visually > impaired > people. Most corporate houses are not very open to hiring blind and > visually > impaired people. NGOs and social activists are perhaps the only people who > are championing the cause of employment for us. It is a huge challenge and > I > would appreciate the efforts of the NGOs who have taken on the challenge. > We > must realise that NGOs are spending a lot of their time and resources > sensitising, lobbying and negotiating on our behalf for jobs in the private > sector. The battle is against a formidable mindset, the task is by no means > easy. Further, we must realise that NGOs contrary to popular perceptions, > work with very limited budgets. My experience tells me that we need to be > patient and see what we could do to alter the situation on our part. The > questions to ask ourselves are whether we are well prepared to take on > interviews, whether our language skills are good enough for the Corporate > World, whether our qualifications are right and whether we are good enough > to take on the competition? Remember that the Corporates have several > choices. > > Hence, I do not think it is a great idea to resort to NGO bashing if we are > not finding employment. On the other hand I would focus on self development > and try and cooperate with the NGOs who are fighting for my cause. Yes, we > all have the right to be disappointed but let us not criticise and crib > about efforts put in by people who are part of our own team. Hope all of > you > would take this mail in the right spirit. > > Regards, > > George > > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
